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ICCCA
CHMN, SUBCMMT ON CUBAN SUBVERSION
MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE

REPORT FOR JULY-AUGUST ON ACTIONS TAKEN TO COMBAT CASTRO-COMMUNIST
SUBVERSION

09/30/1963
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ENHANCEMENT OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN
SUBVERSION

STRENGTHENING OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY
CAPABILITIES

CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA

CONTROL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS

SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC, COMMERCIAL
AND CULTURAL MISSIONS

CONTROL OF CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT OF GUERILLAS
AND ARMS

CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA

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Califano Papers, Box 2, Folder 26. Memo from Chairman, Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion to the _
members of the Committee re: Report for July-August on Actions Taken to Combat Castro-Communist
Subversion.

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SECRET
September 36, 1963
TO; Members of Subcommittee on Castro-Communist .
Subversion,
FROM: Chairman, Subcommittee on Cuban Subversion

SUBJECT: Report for July - August on Actions Taken to
Combat Castro-Commumnist Subversion,

Attached is a draft of the Subeommittee's veport for
July and August on actions taken to counteract Castro-
communist subversion in the hemisphere. ‘The draft has been
prepared on the basie of the material which you furnished
with certain modification, The CIA menbers will note that I
have extracted from his submiasion the iteus of action taken
and pleced these in the body of the report. The intelligence
information contained in the subuission I. have made inte an
amnex. I think it is very useful to have the intelligence
data form part of the report, and request that in the future
the CIA member prepare his submisiion in two parts.

May I have your comments on the draft by close of
business October 1, 1963.

€oples to: CIA - Mr. Wheeler (2)
DOD - Gol, Haig (2)-—“7eG AF 0
USIA - Mr. Wagley (1)
RAR ~ Mr. Hart (1)

Justice - Mr. Geogheghan (1) 2 OP 63 —
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a. Developed highly useful information on frequency

of Cuban “chertered™ flighte to Brasil, names and nationalities
of passengers and crew, and lax measures ef eantrel followed
by Brazilian authorities. Tranemitted this infermation te
gation chiefs in the Letin American countries of the Rnon=
Erasilians travelling on these flighte.

-b. Maintained close watch over travel to and from
Guba. See Annex B for table of known txavel of Latin Americans

éuviag July and Auguet.

¢. AS & result of information furnished by him by the
CLA Station im Buenos Aires and with the Station's urging, the
Argentine Minister of Interior indicated that he would make
every effort to prevent Argentine delegates from attending the
fnternational Uniew of Architects Congrese ia Hevena.

d. At the urging of the CIA Stacien amd the Eubasey
the Bolivien Minieter of Interior isaued in mid-Jely on order
prohibiting the granting of travel permits to Cube om other

blee coumtries to Bolivien nationale.

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@, Partly as a result of tha efforts of the CIA
etation in Santiago, the Government of Chile prohibited the
entry inte Chile ef orgraizers of the Cuban sponsored Second
latin American Youth Congress, which had been scheduled to teke
pleee in Santiago im August. This wie ome ef the fectere which
led to peatponement ef theCongres

£. After considerable predding by the CIA Station
and the Embessy the Minister of Public Seeuricy of Costa Mica
i presented legislative proposals to the Gosta Rican Assenbly
which will require ali persons intending to travel te Communiet

-eounteLes te have theirs trevel approved by a newly created
| Costa Risea seeurlty agency.
a. CA Station in Mexice City developed information

eonceraing the clandestine arrival of piigcengers in Vera Crus
on Gaban merchant hips. Efforts are being made to obtain more
fafermation and te encourage stricter contzola by the Mexican

authorities,

@, FInetructed Embassy Conskry to mry to persuade
Guinean authorities to deny use of aixport facilities by flights

about . These efferte achieved a temporary
withholding of permicsion for future regulaz flighte, at least

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‘Sis: ‘

«ntti such time as tho Soviets develop theiy oom refueling facilities

at Conekey.
b

lL. authorities to expres

o€ Cuban non-scheduled elights te Broad] and request thely

eooperation in curbing then, Also instructed our Eubass’,

in several latin American countries to work with GIA atation
chiefs in furnishing the nameo of nacionale of those conmerios
travelling on these flights to lecal
tthe 2) to inotitute tighter coutrole on theiy own citizens
seavelane to Cuba, end (2) to express thety evarer
vy Ge ve Rum ENT
s& BraciiSver Cuban use of Braud] ae a way station

a to the

e, Ag a reeult of representations made to the British
cvercncit ehout Cuban flights to the Cayaan Islands carrying
gun subversives, the Brieish develeped sn adwinierrative |
echeme whieh whit etinotively oni bLe the use of Britich

The Brdcish intend to. requir
through theix arens, and to reject applications for auch visas

 teamelt wlase of paadengers peseing

except in certain special cases, Persons not posseseing visas

would be prevented fcom leaving theie abrereft, or would be

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between the B.G, Ministry of €

veturned to their point of origin,

a, Instructed Bubassy Mexieo ity on August ap to:
iaformm the Mexiean airline CMA that the Ualted Btates is
opposed te @ proposal that (@& operate chaxter flights to carry
vefugees fron Havana to Central Aneries, as, ag & reeult,

stated thet chey had ne iacention of proceading further with
” this project,

e, Inetzwsted 8.8. Missions in Curaca

te invedtigete e report thet ELM was planning te venew sb.
echeduled Curacso-Habane flights and to reiterate US epposition
te xesumption of afr services to cubs + KEM acgured our Embassy
that thera 16 no plan te initlete service, schadvled or nen-
scheduled, to Habaua,

£, Inetructed Eubassy Ottawa to ozpress our strong
ebjections te a proposal that a Gubagse charter light pick up
& seeond group ef 0.8. students im Mentreel to fly them to Cuba.
The (light wis not authorized.

@. Tnstructed Consulate Georgetown to lavesticate
2 Approaches to sceure flight facilities. Miesien reported

en Auguct 1 thet the Governor hed no knowledge of any talks.
communications and the Cuban Govern-
ment regarding landing eights for Cubans planes. The Governor

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| Barbedos on several occasions te approach

adyiced,

ner the Cubea nor the Brivich

mmments of Hexles, Canada, Jonaies
“ge to apsiet the Cuban, government
ashore route for return gfthe So American
etedents whe sttepiaty travelled to Cube, Also informed Pan
ixenys that we ware opposad te a Cuban request for
@ PAA charter flight te fly the students from Hebons te Hew York,
4. Instructed ony edseieas et Port of Spain and |

ehesa govermments to
arn of the 0.3. at indteations of Gui

ban dacerese

im the wee of theis aviation fackiietes.

 *Babsasey Fert of Spain discussed with the Foveiga §
idad variouy legel moves available that would eaable
mente of alveraft within their territory,

emmples of auch controle inetituted by Mextec, Cansda
@ad Irelend, We indieaved teeeptivenass te the prepeeal that
the list of suggestions be made avatlable to the avia:

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wged the government of Chile to refuse visas te Cuban delegerée
$0 @ preparatory meoting planaime for the TI latin American.
Youth Congress echeduled fer August ia the Chilean capital,

iosbiiity of Cuban delegates to obtain Chiifan vieae for this

meeting io one of the contributing factors te the Cuban eponsore

necunoing duriag August that the
&, Sent general instructions to eur missiens in countries

which partieipate in the Intereatienal tinten |

preventing or dlocouraging the attendance of theie citizens to
the VIE UIA Congress fa Babana, September 29-Oeteber 4, 1963.
Follewed this up with instructions to individual peste to try

where feasible to dissuade architects from

mecting had been postponed.

af Architects acking

then to urge the «

free world countries
mg om the juxy fer the selection of a Bay of Pige

that world beve required the establisimant of scheduled weskly

charter £lighte by Canadian planes.

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2»

Responding to the urging ef the CEA Station police

of the Stete of Guanabara selaed ierge quaatities of prepa~
ganda brought inte Brasil by passengere on the special Cubane_
flights. For exemple, some 50 pounde of printed propaganda
wae taken from the various passengera whe arrived on the 16
dugust Cubana flight. |

3.

a Continued surveillance of the area surrounding Cuba
during the month of July at the seme vare and with the eone
euphasies as prier te L July 1963.

bs Continued te maintein 0.5. Forces, primarily from

within the Atlantic Command, available to asciec other Caribbean

govermients in the inteveaption ef suspieious craft in
territorial waters, 4s might be requested. No euch requests were
vecsived from any other govermmant during the period covered by
this report. However, U.S. Forces did heep track of the
Lecation of the Seviet merchant Freighter METCHURINGE, which

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was suspected of carryiag sulwersives and arms fram Cube to
Britieh Goiene in mid-July. MITCHURINSE was under U.S.
surveillance from its departure from Heavens wtti Gaited
Ringdom forces assumed the task of keeping thie chip under
surveillance upon its appreach to Georgetown, British Cotena.
Subsequently, British poldee ssexch of NITCHURTNSE in British

Guiane waters revealed nothing of a suspicious nature.

AC the repeated urging of the CIA Beation in Line

the Peruvian Government

Auguet published @ uwew anti-«
terrerists law providing a penalty of as less than five years
inpriscment for perseas who partieiate in suersilla setivities

ox in the illegal manufacture of weapene or explosives.

Lidgence Service is working
on a load ferntiched by the CIA Station ta Eames concerning e@
200 ton vessel ceportedly tnvelved in ames traffic.

ingtructed our Consulate General in Georpetewa to
investigate eports that coumércial cargoes (whieh could conceal
illleit amas traffic out of Cube) had developed betwean British
Gulene end Cuba. Investigations to date have been negative.

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fa. Continuad the inetelletion of military commonieas
tions faeili¢ies im Latin America. Gperational dates for the
multi-channel tadio stations te be ingtalied fe Menagua,

| Niesragua and Tegucigetpa, Hondures have been delayed to 15
Seteber 1963 and 15 Desexher 1963, vespectively because of new
engineering and contractual, requirenente. Regetiations are

continuing with Colosbta and He:

aader for inetallation af U.S.
military radie fecilicies. Coupleation ef a new cormercial traiee
istheien cable in the Panene

Canal Zone within the eaming u

4s expected to inprove wilitery communications whthia the

Wer-in-Ghies ». 8.5. Southern Command

b. Continued the surveillance of Cuba by U.S. Forcas,

taporting ae before tO GBs RAT dere organdenté ous end agencies.

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“Loe=

Reports of survelilenee have been disseminated te ali who have
a TeqGiretest to imow. , |

e. Established « 24 hour pex day, 7 deys per week duty
wateh et the 0.8. Military Groupe im the Carthbean coustries ta
conjunction with implementation of the eliitary alerting system.
Continued afferte to staf the 0.8. Southern Cow

mond Intelligence
Center with properly cleared, trained pévsonnel (thie center te
the militery focal point for relaying imforzation concerning

the movenent of subwersives). Filled, par

ially, the authorizad

biliets ts the 0.6. Soutiewn C6 pret vs intelligence Center and

took under consideration the problem of an inérease in the biliet
etrueture ia the Cente oineChied, U.S. Seutharn
Command tegether with hie intelligence officer visited Houduras

crmined thag ae ¢ignificant problems existed
whieh would Interfore with effective operations in these

a. Aetion previsusly initiated by the Ceumander, U.8.-

eval Forees, Sovthera Commend (COuUSt,

AVSO) to establish a Small
reft inseeetion and Training Team, (sciarr) #8 @ contribution te
the Cavibbean Surveillance System

he progressing satiefertori ly.

a

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and pergomel to SCLATT
in. the Canal fone has been eporoved and the .3. east Guard

has taken appropriete feplemanting actions.

wring the pariod of this repert, the SCIATY con-
custed an on-the-job training course at Pontorenss, Costa
Ries. Tradmiog wos given to 13 me

era of the Guardia Civil
of Gosta Rilea whe were aither sewly assigned te the 40 foot

wd willicy beate (COUBs) or were toe be assigned aa

replacement erew monbers.

& A quavterly inspection and evaluation of the eGlEs
previded othar Central Anerican countries was eendueted during
the peried 17 te 31 August by « mobile traiming team (FFT)
made up of SCLATT porscimell, .

g» Continued efforts te improve the interns] security
of Latin snextenn aruies through the prevision of Tntelligenca
Agvleors <. Presently there aca guch advisers assigned to 14

' Leeda éountries, enpheniging counterintelligence and counter-
eubvereion. |

h. During the reporting period MI%s conducted training
in counterinsucgency Cor the armed feress of Colesbia, Bolivia,
Venesuele, Yeru and 81 Sabvader.

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oi?
i. Civie Action MITs were gent te Guatemala, Bolivia,

great majacity of countries te fursieh to the local internal

security or gare

nehlens with when they are in idaieson taforme-

tion concoming travelers to end from Cuba, ae well as such

information as eae te CIA's attention concerning the moveuent
ot fuads, aews and propagenda material. In tony instances, the
furnishing of informatio:

ernal security service by
the CIA Station was garalleled by the furnishing of etmiler
information te the foreign offiee by the Aubaseader or his
veptésentetive. The respente te this inferention has varled

éounteies, im gemereal, began te

pay attention to the information and take action on it. At the
. a curing the reperting seried

to follow up on the informacion,

& RBeiterated to the Foreign Minister of Peru oar
interest in having the facts of the Pusete Maldooade ineddent

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brought te the attentlim of the GAS, and ereed that thie ae¢ion

be teben e¢ soon ae posetbie.

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ingtructed Embasay La Pas to follow up clegely on
charges of Lovolvement of Cuben mlasion is internal politics.
at Bolivia, and, at the Bubaesy’s dtecretion, ts. point out to
Bolivien ¢ffleleis the opportunity fox 4 possible break in’
relations with Cube. Eabagsy Le Paz wae net able to press
for a break whea the ‘evidence of Cuban intervention did not

prove te be es conclusive as originally ceported.;

Bs

and urging them te duplement the spacifSe end general recom
mendations contained thereia es soon as poagibie.

b. Through Embassy Menagua ieformed the Nicaraguan

vernment of the matters which we wanted to have considered
curing the informal meeting ef the Minieters ef Sacurity end

interler of the Isthmian countries held in Managua
26-28 in preparetion for the second formal meeting of the

Managua Security Genference countries later thie year. :

pin og
& RE ni:

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c. Reateured President Schick of Nicaragua in the

moot emphatic terms that the Nuclear Test Ban fraaty did pot
mean that our ateliades rower:

Castre hes altered in the
lightest, and atvesaed our interest ta seeing steady progresa
by all the Isthelen cour

teles in implementing the recommends
tions of the Managua Security Conference to bieck Cobar

td

. Explained in detail che netuxe of the Cuban threat

emi the related poliley objecetves of the U.S.5 duming converse<
tion ie London and in Ww

dagton with Me. Adam Watson, xewly
eppolated Gritieh Ambassador to Cubs.

ce during the reporting
period transmitted 1% articles, commentaries, and baskerounders
on its wixeless fle service te USIA posts thraughout Latin
AnaxLes for placexent 2

ey

mwepepers and the Volee of

‘movies Spanish breadessts to Latia America cervled a total of

48 conmontarios end features oa the gubject af Cubaa-based

subversion in addition te the regular reporting of developments

im the hourly newseasts.

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&. iu wesponse to standing Ageusy instructions to ive

special attention to developments colated to Cubarbecad
subversion, USIS pests in Latin America were prompt in teporting
incidents and le providing editerial commeate from the Latic
imeriem prees, all of whieh ws used ia the Agesey's wadle and

PFESs output.
the mpin developments teeeted in the Agency's vedio and

press coverage ingluded Casero's July 26 ap

ech urging tevola>
tions in Latin America, the discovery of terverist waapone

edon Viee Pracddent’s. aveushon

festeries da Guayaquil, the Reval
of Cuben ceaponslbiliey for nerverdon, che stare:

ent by Stata
Department Press Offiver Richerd Phillips thet “potential

80 the Caribbean erea were paseiag
a, Che expuleion of a Solivies youth leader

subversive agente” from Cuba

for recalyiag funds from Cuba, Castro-erained tercoriats in
Houdurag,/Bolivian proteste apatnet meddling by the Cuben Embassy

& Velee of America roving reporter in

Latin Amerlea provided several ceports adztuantes
subversion pleture in countries he vietted,

c. In support ef the Agency's effort on Guban-based

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hede penmehlers during the period based on Castes report, of
ais visit te the Soviet iinten (show!

ring that be contradicted |
hisselg ‘ta some of bie extravagant eletme RE Soviet ‘ptogtots) » :

the losses suffered by Cuber labor 1 under Gasteo, and the fete

of political prieonsrs in ¢ Cube. thon coupieted, theese pamphiets

will be reproduced and étetributed in quantity ehrowghout the |

ORGas

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GROUP I~ - . ~
Excluded from sutonatua Ore etry | :

downgrading and...
dsclassificatio: Pr spit
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“Chavrered Cebans Airlines <¢ flights between Cuba ond
we become & uajor means of transporting ‘gon-Cuban
hats jeans to and from Cuba. ‘The five sue flights since
lite disly have carvied aeariy 400 #on-Cubsas.

the fivet of the reeent eerles «« on 25 Jily =~ brought
ameriean passengers to Havana for the 26 July celebra~
a, “the other pour & flights ow om ES, 22, 28 om 29 August «-
wane pe a latin dveriecans to "Brash fvom Beveas.. .
Soma of ‘the airerafe involved semumnad to Ouhe with erealler
munberd of may pet OO Latin American posvengers
aS, bus others hed
and gowe had probably
Paid ‘these aes flights
et wee oar Theie
gh Eveell wee evidently designed to help
hey had been im Guba,

redal: ining theve, Of 1 the passengers ‘5
te Brazil, 75 were natives ef Gart é
— JB: a6 ok eh : ough Be

3. One wae Lox } lacine : Rernandes calenee,
; wom Seown te have bean aace te Cuba for
moe Ale warfare ineteveter, Sie had been fn
nce September 1962. The other Coata Rican passenger wae
los Geillen, formex head of the Costa Rican Society of
Friends er = Cuban Revolution, whe had been im Cuba since

# -

The CIA Beuthon tn Qudte rep

junta, whieh sesuuec ree Saat the mi ldtary
ge Cum x

power tn euador on TL duly, can be expected

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ar The
| éebwer: atves in. *eeusdor, | at lease for the

stly dubibited by the anaes arreste af
ibine end by the outlawing of the Commundeec

: ne ee los.

onduran Commun ee party hes
be acme to tre

at he present ‘tin @,
the ieewensias see ion

coming to an uncenZimeed veport vecetwed in duly,
ation of the Comamiet Party of Custemnle ta

Sees oo] a with | EEanes pes See aad is te ae

| Ge was reliably veported sha ie mid-July 1968, é
smell coat L freighter landed Late ee of Cor
needs . ort the northern enaet. ©: f Henturas, the boues heeds

: & contr: moubere of the Perentet Party; epperently
wader the lgadershie of such figures ag Hector Viliglon and
Soba Williem Seoke, ave appatently ecelving onceurapement aod
wean. ef isege sume of feom Cuba in support of their
efferss to train and oxgenize subversive g@roups in Argentina.

ec owy

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ak

Villalon has stated thet his plan e@lle for expanding aud
eecellereting subversive sctivities in Argentine eulninating
in & complete take over within two.years, There is no indica-
tion that Peren hinseld has agreed to this plan. It has Been
weported that leadeve of the Communist Party of Argentina have
been greatly danoyed by the tendency of the Cagtirs regime to
Suppert the revolutionary Peronists without having consulted
-¢ha Communities Parry of Argention.

oe? is. weported thet the soecalled Amy of ‘National

me of Aveonting, which ie a relatively suall
epinization directed from Cuba by John William Cooke,
has ts recent weedke been ncegotieting for the purchase of arms
and hes been offered qubuachine guns, basdokaa and other weapone
by two or three private suppliers. it was teported, however,
that the ANL wes haviag éifflewlty getting enough dellers from
Cuba to sake slendficant purchases peceible.

The Bolivian Minletry of Forelga Relations on 23
Auguet protested formally to the Cuben Charg6 @'Afimires in
or Pea a again the Cuban inbagey support to the miners duriag

Subsequently, however, Foreign Minister

the Guba: spe that he aeed mot fear that
‘4 of tolivia would break diplomatic celations with
Cubs, There hag, ia fact, bees ao hard information linking the
Coban Enbasay with the present mining crisie ia epite of some
unconfiemead reports of Cuban Support.

Cuban ambassador to aeankt, Reul Roa Kourl, is reperted
to heave antempted to encourage peasant league leedex *Prancisce
Sulieo te vevitalice the leagues In uorthern Brasil. According
te geome reports efforte are being made te unify the leadership
‘and bring diseident elenente under the general divection of
Jolieo, Other wepertte indicate that, although the Cuben Enbassy
ie providiag guidance and possibly financial support te the
movement, it bad not yet gesolved the internal dissension in

the leagues.

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PLN (See

. Peon Coleubla reperta have bean received of inereasing
Guben eesiatence, pricarily in thea form of training courses by
iusteuctors who have been trained in Guba, to the Vorker«Seudene-
Peasant Movement (MO8C). A enmali guervilia bend encountered
by the Coloubian arwy ia July 1963 was brokea up when five
members o£ the band wave killed and two others captured, A
small quantity of arnb and a considerable amount of books and
panphiets.on revolutionary warfare, photographs of Bidel Castro,
Camilo Clenfuages and Mee Tse-tung, and bulletina of the HOEC
were found et the camp site, Recent reports haye indicated an
iutreace in the terrerist efforte of the MORO and inereased
pronises of atwletance from Che Guevara with regard to the
training of additional NOEC meabers,

ia mid-July on iueressed muanber of guerrilias were

teportediy being trained in Costa Rica by Adolfo Garcia Barberena,

well-knowm Micaraguan gevolutionary leader and member of the
Jational Liberation Front «= 2 Commundst-deminated, Cuban
Supported, anti-Miosragua sevelutienary gvoup). In early

August, Alberto fermato, leader of the FLN im Costa Rica, left
with @ group of Nicawaguans for the Couta Ricen-Nicaraguan

border. The purchase of acme and supplies and the reoruLtnent ‘
of Miecaraguans for @ movement agdinst Slearagaa are also reportedly
underway in Costa Rica,

; Hector Bogantes Zamora, Costa Rican egitator, left Sen Jose
in mid-August for the Miearaguan border co supervise the passage
of Mesraguan guervillas from Costa Rica into Mearagua.
Bogantes, who recently veturned fyom atvenddlng the Mey Bay
celebrations im Cuba, wae as a thd sali
Costa Rican Commualiet

Honduras

_ fhe Honduan dumed forces began te move against a group
ef pro-Cagteo guerrillas operating ageinst the Nicaraguan Govern-
ment enc setive in the vicinity of the Nicaraguan-iond “am border.
the Nicaraguan Wetionel Guard has been conducting operations
om its side of the berder against the ineurgente since July.

The dease jungie and difficult terrain, however, will impede the

efforts of both foress to eliminate the guerri lias.

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; Information on the guerrd ila ferce i6 acanty and
conflicting, It is + rene posed of membere of the Netional
Liberation Front (FLN), a Com st-deminated and Cubon-supported
revolutionary organization active primarily in Honduves and
Ricaregua eince the fail of 1962, The strength ef the force
de net known.

jets A 4 captured guervilia of the FLY (National Liberation
: Commeiet-deminated, Cuban-supported, anti~-Niasraguan
ezo-up) eonfassed thar be wae @ member of @ group of 46 who
autered Siearague from Bendures on 22 July. He sadd that thedy
uiasion wae to establish a bace damp in the Issbella mowttaine,
Department of Jimotega, in order to indoctraimeta the peasants.
and to train chen in guerrilla tactics, He admitted that he
hed euceived of wonths’ guerrilla wefere trataing in Cuba and
that other FLY leaders bad received éinllar tveining. He aleo |
peta that the FL ¢rateing camp tonducds wae near EL Lagarte,
on the Patuea River.

p _Taip eet diary corporation
at deposited

Progressive Party is the maser ate FS
ieagox of Ginper, has indleaced that Cimpex
able. te geeure addieional leano from Cuba in amounts sufflelent
to tide the Jagan givermment over any foreseeable crieis. Te

wae also reported thet Ciupex plane to buy alveraft, epere parte
gad other machinery in the United States for cenhipnent te Cubs.

Banos continua to be received from many places indicating
that the eulccase full of currency fs still one of the moat
common methods used by the Cubans for tranemicting fimds for

7 wpoxting subversive eetivities throughout the héed sphere.
Instances whaze such funds have been confiscated by the police
have ecewered recently in El Gealvader, Panawa and Eeusder,

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